"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists."
- Don Marquis
Awareness
"What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present."
- Don Marquis
Compassion
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
- Don Marquis
Hard Work
"“What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.”"
- Don Marquis
Forgiveness
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."
- Don Marquis
Time Management
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition